diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/BuildException.cs b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/BuildException.cs
index fc8742c5bfff..99f01d8cd512 100644
--- a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/BuildException.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/BuildException.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ class BuildExceptionCode
 		public static BuildExceptionCode ResourceDictDuplicateKey = new BuildExceptionCode("XFC0125", nameof(ResourceDictDuplicateKey), "");
 		public static BuildExceptionCode ResourceDictMissingKey = new BuildExceptionCode("XFC0126", nameof(ResourceDictMissingKey), "");
 		public static BuildExceptionCode XKeyNotLiteral = new BuildExceptionCode("XFC0127", nameof(XKeyNotLiteral), "");
-		public static BuildExceptionCode GetResourcePath = new BuildExceptionCode("XFC0128", nameof(GetResourcePath), "");
 
 		public string Code { get; private set; }
 		public string ErrorMessageKey { get; private set; }
diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/CompiledConverters/RDSourceTypeConverter.cs b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/CompiledConverters/RDSourceTypeConverter.cs
index 8a2e7003e36b..34ba4aa87146 100644
--- a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/CompiledConverters/RDSourceTypeConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/CompiledConverters/RDSourceTypeConverter.cs
@@ -40,17 +40,9 @@ public IEnumerable<Instruction> ConvertFromString(string value, ILContext contex
 					module = currentModule.AssemblyResolver.Resolve(ar).MainModule;
 				}
 			}
-
 			var uri = new Uri(value, UriKind.Relative);
-			string resourcePath;
-			try
-			{
-				resourcePath = ResourceDictionary.RDSourceTypeConverter.GetResourcePath(uri, rootTargetPath);
-			}
-			catch (Exception exc)
-			{
-				throw new BuildException(BuildExceptionCode.GetResourcePath, node, exc, uri, rootTargetPath);
-			}
+
+			var resourcePath = ResourceDictionary.RDSourceTypeConverter.GetResourcePath(uri, rootTargetPath);
 
 			//fail early
 			var resourceId = XamlCTask.GetResourceIdForPath(module, resourcePath);
diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/ErrorMessages.resx b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/ErrorMessages.resx
index 41c3347f1e42..b127c2cb14fe 100644
--- a/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/ErrorMessages.resx
+++ b/src/Controls/src/Build.Tasks/ErrorMessages.resx
@@ -248,8 +248,5 @@
   <data name="XKeyNotLiteral" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>x:Key expects a string literal.</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="GetResourcePath" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>GetResourcePath failed: uri={0}, rootTargetPath={1}</value>
-  </data>
   
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Controls/src/Core/ResourceDictionary.cs b/src/Controls/src/Core/ResourceDictionary.cs
index 3de5057c4843..55db5e5b7539 100644
--- a/src/Controls/src/Core/ResourceDictionary.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/src/Core/ResourceDictionary.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Maui.Controls
 	/// <include file="../../docs/Microsoft.Maui.Controls/ResourceDictionary.xml" path="Type[@FullName='Microsoft.Maui.Controls.ResourceDictionary']/Docs" />
 	public class ResourceDictionary : IResourceDictionary, IDictionary<string, object>
 	{
+		const string GetResourcePathUriScheme = "maui://";
 		static ConditionalWeakTable<Type, ResourceDictionary> s_instances = new ConditionalWeakTable<Type, ResourceDictionary>();
 		readonly Dictionary<string, object> _innerDictionary = new Dictionary<string, object>();
 		ResourceDictionary _mergedInstance;
@@ -383,10 +384,11 @@ object IExtendedTypeConverter.ConvertFromInvariantString(string value, IServiceP
 
 			internal static string GetResourcePath(Uri uri, string rootTargetPath)
 			{
-				//need a fake scheme so it's not seen as file:// uri, and the forward slashes are valid on all plats
+				// GetResourcePathUriScheme is a fake scheme so it's not seen as file:// uri,
+				// and the forward slashes are valid on all plats
 				var resourceUri = uri.OriginalString.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal)
-									 ? new Uri($"pack://{uri.OriginalString}", UriKind.Absolute)
-									 : new Uri($"pack:///{rootTargetPath}/../{uri.OriginalString}", UriKind.Absolute);
+									 ? new Uri($"{GetResourcePathUriScheme}{uri.OriginalString}", UriKind.Absolute)
+									 : new Uri($"{GetResourcePathUriScheme}/{rootTargetPath}/../{uri.OriginalString}", UriKind.Absolute);
 
 				//drop the leading '/'
 				return resourceUri.AbsolutePath.Substring(1);